
Prof. Shuo Zhao
Communication University of China, China |
Dr. Shuo Zhao is professor/PhD Superviser in
Communication University of China (CUC) and guest professor/PhD Superviser
inUniversity of Malaya(UM) and Krirk University of Thailand. He received his two
Ph.D in Shanghai International Studies University and Northwestern Polytechnical
University. He did his Postdoctoral Research both in Fudan University, Shanghai
of China and Universitat of Barcelona, Barcelona of Spain. He is majored in
computer technology and pedagogy, corpus linguistics.
Professor Shuo Zhao ever presides over National Social Science Fund in China,
China Postdoctoral Science Fund, Humanities and Social Science Fund of Chinese
Ministry of Education, National Education Science Program, Social Science Fund
of Shaanxi Province and Research Project on Major Theoretical and Practical
Problems in Shaanxi Province, etc. He publishes 100 papers and articles
approximately. He is awarded as International Humanity Scholar by American
Common Ground Publishing and CEU of Spain in 2014. In addition he is awarded as
Emerging Humanity Scholar by American Common Ground Publishing and Imperial
College London in 2017. Recently he is awarded as Emerging Scholar by University
of Pennsylvania in 2018.
Speech Title: On Digital Education of British Universities in Post-pandemic
Era
Abstract: After COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, online education has been
basically started in all education stages around the world. From a global
perspective, the model of using digital media for education and teaching has
become an irreversible education trend. The digitization degree of British
universities is in the leading position in the world. Taking the digital
teaching practice of three British universities as case study the research
analyzes the digital teaching achievements of British universities in
post-pandemic era and compares current situation of digital education in China
and UK, so as to provide reference and enlightenment for applying digital
teaching in more universities of the world.
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Prof. Katherine A. Salvador-Cisneros
ESPOL Polytechnic University, Ecuador |
Katherine Salvador-Cisneros holds a doctoral
degree in Education and a PG Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
after completing her studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Katherine
serves as the Coordinator of Research, full-time faculty member, and researcher
for the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at ESPOL Polytechnic University
in her home country, Ecuador. As a former director of the Center of Educational
Research and Services of ESPOL during the pandemic in 2020, she led her team in
preparing teachers for virtual teaching. Katherine has been awarded sponsorship
from the US Embassy, the German Academic Exchange Services, Trinity College
Dublin, and the Ecuadorian Government for various academic projects. She acts as
the Coast region coordinator of the Ecuadorian Association for the Promotion of
Educational Research. She has been invited to serve on the technical and
academic committee of various journals and conferences and has presented at
international academic events.
Speech Title: Post-Covid Reflections on The Transformation of Higher
Education: Is Entering The Digital World Enough?
Abstract: Higher education institutions around the globe are routing their
pathways toward innovation and transformation with the inclusion of technology
and strategies to digitalize their processes, learning, teaching, and
assessment. The interest in university transformational change was raised as one
of the results of the Covid- 19 pandemic, and formerly unknown terms like
virtual learning, emergency remote teaching, and digitalization transition have
become more familiar. This speech invites the audience to reflect on other
factors that intervene in the transformation of higher education institutions
and that have sometimes been underseen, unnoticed or unexplored. Similarly, it
highlights the potential of transformed institutions to open their virtual doors
resulting in a broader international presence and societal impact. During the
speech, some resources to guide institutions to locate themselves within the
transformation continuum will be shared.
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Prof. Carmen Sonia Duse
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania |
Carmen Sonia Dușe is the Head of Teacher Education
Department in Social and Human Science Faculty, Lucian Blaga University of
Sibiu, Romania. With a PhD in Educational management, she has a rich experience
in this field. During the professional time she was a teacher in some of the
High School in Sibiu, school Inspector in Sibiu county and for more than12 years
she was the Director of Teacher Education Department. Since 2009 she is a
Visiting Professor to the Science and Technology University of Krakow, Poland
The research activity cover the full field of Education, from Didactics of
Teaching to Classroom Management and Educational Management.
Speech Title: The Implications of Generational Differences for Teaching.
Teachers, Do you Know Who You Are Working with?
Abstract: Education has undergone radical and unprecedented change in the
last 20 years. The purpose of this presentation is to examine personality and
motivational factors, and to determine whether there are differences between
generations of students over the past 20 years. The concept of "digital natives"
and related terms is emphasized.
As teachers we need to understand generational differences and it is mandatory
to take care of them in teaching. A brief presentation of the specifics of these
generations is made and the requirements of the current generation, the alpha
generation, are emphasized. A series of questions and answers are presented to
help the teacher understand this generation and communicate more easily with it.
In the context of such students, what should pedagogy look like for the next
generation? How the teacher should proceed to achieve school performance. These
are questions to which the presentation proposes a series of answers.
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Prof. Bright Keswani
Suresh Gyan Vihar University, India |
Dr. Bright Keswani has done M.Tech, M.Phil
(Computer Science) and Ph.D. His research areas include Software Project
Management, Big Data Analytics, Information Retrieval, Computer Networking,
Cloud Computing, Software Testing, ERP Systems, E-Commerce and related
Technologies, Internet of Things, Reconfigurable Machines, Human-Computer
Interaction, Remote Sensing, and Precision Agriculture. Presently, he is working
as Professor and former Head of the Department of Computer Application &
Learning Centre of Excellence with Google, and Principal of the Academic Staff
College since year 2014 at Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India. Dr.
Bright has chaired many National and International Conferences and technical
sessions in his domain specific areas. He is founder Editor-in-Chief of Suresh
Gyan Vihar University’s Journal of Engineering and Technology (established in
2015) and is in the ‘Editorial Boards’ and ‘Reviewer Panel’ of various Journals
of International repute. He holds more than 125 papers and received numerous
awards including ‘Bharat Jyoti Award’, ‘Shiksha Bhushan Award’ and ‘Award of
Excellence in Education’ for promotion of multi-disciplinary research. Being a
prolific writer, he penned down 26 books on IT related courses like Operating
System, E-Banking and Security Transactions, Software Engineering, Elementary
Computer Applications, Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in
Visual Basic. He has authored ‘Book Chapters’ with Wiley Publications, Apple
Academic Press, Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press like International publishing
houses as well as submitted ‘Self Learning Material’ of Computer Science for
various Universities. Being ‘Organizing Secretary’, ‘Convener’ and
‘Co-Convener’, he has organized various International Conferences, Seminars and
Workshops including ‘SGVU-Global Science Summit 2020’, ‘International Faculty
Development Programme’ and delivered expert lectures on various advance topics
of Computer Science like IoT, Data Science, Machine Learning and Research
Methodology.
Speech Title: Analysis and Challenges in Detecting the Fake Reviews of
Products using Naive Bayes and Random Forest Techniques
Abstract: In today's world, fake review identification and prediction is an
important area of sentiment analysis of the E-commerce industry. The automatic
fake review categorizers identify and categorize a variety of duplicate, spam,
fake and untrustworthy reviews using machine learning techniques. This paper
studies various recent existing fake review detection methods using NB and RF
classifiers for the Yelp and Flipkart datasets. It provides a detailed study on
various fake review predictors and compares their basic and performance-based
specifications. It highlights the challenges, threats, and gaps of these
existing works. Further, it graphically shows the discrimination for the
specifications of year-wise evolution, classifier usage, and dataset usage.
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Dr. Mariam Mohamad
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia |
Dr Mariam Mohamad is a Senior Lecturer at
Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her research interest is in the field of mobile
learning and mobile assistive technology. She was acknowledged as one of the
pioneers from Malaysia in mobile learning research, in the book entitled Mobile
Learning in Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region published by Springer.
Her work also referred by UNESCO in the publication entitled; Turning on Mobile
Learning: Illustrative Initiatives and Policy Implications.
She actively involves presenting her work in international conferences with ISI
Web of Science and SCOPUS indexed status since 2014. The latest contributions
include as the Keynote Speaker in TEL 2021, Plenary Speaker in ICSE 2021 and
also as Invited Speaker for ICEEL 2021 and ICIET2022. She also devoted her time
as the Advisor for Special Need Students Association, University Sains Malaysia
and as a committee member for Research & Development Unit, Malaysian Association
for The Blind.
Speech Title: Supporting Early Years Dyslexic Children with Mobile Assistive
Technology: Comparison between Malaysia and Japan
Abstract: Dyslexia is the most common learning disability that affects
one’s ability to read and write. Many interventions methods are currently in
use, however more studies need to be done to determine which interventions work
best. Not much have been explored in previous studies regarding the
implementation of tactile letters as multisensory approach together with the
mobile application. There is a gap in combining both intervention approach to
support dyslexic children. Therefore, this research is intended to add value to
the knowledge and discovery of the framework for the combination of tactile
letters with mobile application in teaching alphabet to dyslexic children. A
qualitative approach is selected because the aim is to provide a rich picture of
the experience of all involved during the study; teachers, parents and the
dyslexic children in Malaysia and Japan. The expected output of the study is the
establishment of the framework which includes content, activity and assessment
regarding the integration of mobile learning and tactile letters which could
also be the guidance for the special needs education. It is envisaged that the
study will address the issues of inequalities among the disable people and
parallel to the needs of Industrial Revolution 4.0 in integrating digital
technologies.
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Dr. Niuma Mohamed
The Maldives National University, Maldives |
Niuma Mohamed is a strong advocate who promotes
e-learning and the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning. She
believes that the purposeful use of technology allows to close the achievement
gaps and ensures academic success for every student. She has completed her Ph.D
in Education in 2020, and currently working as a lecturer at the Centre for
Educational Technology and Excellence (CETE), in The Maldives National
University (MNU). She has been actively engaged in research and publications in
the field of e-learning and instructional design, and involved in reviewing for
international academic journals. She made several publications and presented
various papers at different international academic research conferences. Her
current research projects include ‘Investigating factors affecting student
engagement in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in the public
universities of the Maldives’, and a case study project working with some
researchers from neighbouring countries to develop a specialized training module
for teachers on helping autistic children to be prepared for puberty.
Speech Title: Factors for Blended Learning Effectivess in Higher Education
Perceived by the Faculty at The Maldives National University
Abstract: With the commencement of 3000 teachers training project in
2016, targeting the in-service teachers, the need arises for the most
appropriate mode of learning, and decided to embrace the blended learning for
this nationwide project. In order to best meet students’ need, the purposeful
planning of blended courses is important. Thus, identifying the faculty’s
perceived course effectiveness factors is important since this has not been
previously identified. The aim of this study is to examine the blended learning
effectiveness from the faculty members’ perspectives. Data was collected using a
questionnaire consisting of 35 items, distributed to a random sample of 54
faculty members of The Maldives National University (MNU). Pearson correlation
and path analysis were computed to analyse the data. Supporting the hypothesis,
the findings indicate that student, institutional and learning variables had
significant influences on the effectiveness of blended learning strategy. The
findings of this study help the instructional designers to plan effective
blended courses. It also supports in formulating and revising of policies with
regard to blended learning at MNU as the findings highlight the key variables
that encourage the blended learning effectiveness.
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Dr. Mario Nugroho Willyarto
Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia |
Mario has been working in education since 2001,
from basic education to higher education. He is now a lecturer for English,
Character Building, Indonesian Language and Cross-Cultural Management in Binus
University. He is now focusing on research and publications in education, social
education, and communication, from younger age to adult. Recently, Mario is
doing research on social education in controlling the number of stray cats that
becoming pest in society. Collaborating with some communities to do
Trap-Neuter-Release to stray cats in some areas such as Bekasi, Bogor, Malang,
Pati, and Depok. Using technology and information system is essential in
supporting the work.
Speech Title: Social Media Campaign: TNR in Indonesia as Part of Social
Education
Abstract: Indonesia, as one of the biggest island countries in the world,
is facing problems caused by the huge number of stray/roaming cats and dogs.
They roam around neighborhoods, damage properties, mess up trash, make loud
noises, disturb people and they may spread diseases. This speech is focusing on
the activities to control the number of stray cats' population in order to build
a better life for people and cats, as part of Social Education for Societies.
Descriptive qualitative method was used in the research, by observing,
interviewing and describing the actions taken by a non-government organization,
Let’s Adopt Indonesia (LAI). To conclude, one of the best ways in managing
strays was by spaying/neutering. The trap-neuter-release program is one of LAI’s
activities as a social community that has concern on the problem, and then has
taken a real action to help the government overcome the problem caused by the
stray cats and dogs in Indonesia, especially in the Greater Jakarta area. It was
expected that the research could educate more people in Indonesia on how to
handle or balance the number of strays, so it could become a friendly society
for people and cats to live together peacefully.
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